Monthly Archives: September 2015

Back in 2013, I started working at a coffee shop in College Station. If you’ve ever met me, you know how strongly I feel about coffee, and this place is largely responsible for that affinity (infatuation? Enthusiasm?). During my training, I had a rough experience involving some hot chocolate that […]

In my attempt to paint a picture of where Methodism falls among other denominations, I’ve discussed our doctrine’s focus on holiness and our emphasis on mission work, both of which have played a fundamental role in the development of the United Methodist Church as we currently know it. We’re based in […]

As some of you may know, I’m currently a seminary student working toward my Master of Divinity degree to be (eventually) ordained in the United Methodist Church. A required course for ordination in the Methodist church is “Methodist History and Doctrine,” a course which generally covers the history of the […]

Nine years ago, when I was sitting in the Confirmation class at my home church in San Antonio, our pastor seemed like an absolute genius. I sat quietly, fascinated by the skill with which he recounted the life of John and Charles Wesley, the role of the circuit riders, the […]

Hello everyone! This is Zac Langer, the campus minister, here to tell you about what’s happening and what’s coming up at the Weatherford College Wesley Foundation. First, and most well known, we have a weekly free lunch each Tuesday from 11 until 1. Considering how many people come each week, […]

I love learning about the many traditions and denominations of the Christian faith. Though I’ve only ever been a member of a Lutheran and a United Methodist church, I’ve read about a huge number of denominations, each of which made their own contributions to the Church, theology, and the Kingdom […]

Stone walls stand below high, wooden ceilings, with rough-hewn timbers stretching like branches overhead. Particles of dust sit suspended between old wooden pews, seemingly held in place by the same light cast through stained glass which warms the prayerful parishioners as they look toward the altar, waiting for the service to […]

Sometime about two-thousand years ago, give or take twenty years, a baby was born to a young couple in a small, dusty Mediterranean town. The ruler of Israel under Roman appointment, Herod the Great, was told of a Jewish prophesy in which a baby had been born in Jerusalem that would […]

Texas occupies an interesting place in the United States, somewhere at the intersection of the “proper South,” the Midwest, the Southwest, and Mexico. Even in the middle of the conflict of identity that flows from our location (and our size), however, we can be sure that there will be a […]